Commis Chef

Hand Picked Hotels Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Hand Picked Hotels is seeking a Commis Chef for Norton House Hotel in Edinburgh. This role involves working in a dynamic kitchen environment, learning to create high-quality dishes from fresh ingredients while maintaining strict hygiene standards. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, flexible, and committed to delivering an exceptional guest experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary package of £13.82 per hour

Company pension scheme with employer contribution

28 days holiday per year, increasing with service

Access to in-house and external training programs

25% discount on food and drink

Qualifications

• Current knowledge of kitchen operations within hospitality.
• Willingness to take on new responsibilities.
• Ability to deliver high-quality guest experience.

Responsibilities

• Transform fresh ingredients into high-quality dishes.
• Work as part of a team in a changing environment.
• Follow strict food hygiene standards.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Emotional Intelligence

Flexibility

Job description

About the Company

Hand Picked Hotels is a beautiful collection of 21 privately owned, luxury country houses and coastal retreats, each hand picked for their individuality. Architecturally distinctive and quintessentially British, every hotel boasts an extraordinary location, from Scotland to the Channel Islands, offering breath taking views, from vast countryside to expansive beaches, to lush woodlands. With every need taken care of, the team at each hotel ensures every guest has a magical experience, encouraging them to return time and time again.

Hand Picked Hotels was founded in 2001 by owner and Chairman, Julia Hands MBE. Whilst each hotel is individual, every property fulfils the company values of family, individuality, community and care, ensuring a hand picked experience for every guest and employee.

We are currently recruiting for a Commis Chef at Norton House Hotel, part of Hand Picked Hotels.

Sweeping past the original stone gatehouse and journeying along the tree-lined drive of Norton House Hotel & Spa in Edinburgh, this prestigious Georgian country house leaves an indelible first impression. Like fine malt whisky, it has improved with age. Now a mecca for stylish dining, 21st-century comforts and cutting-edge technology blend with historic features to create a sense of the old and new working in unison. This 1840 country house hotel is an idyllic Scottish wedding venue and one of the best meeting venues in Edinburgh, thanks to its location, just 5 minutes from Edinburgh Airport and 20 minutes from the city centre.

About the Role

Are you considering a career as a Chef? Good choice – Commis Chefs are always in high demand and your friends and family will love your new skills!

This isn’t just about taking food out of a freezer and popping it in the oven or deep fat fryer – you will be trained to transform fresh ingredients into high quality food for our hotel and fine dining restaurant. These are skills for life.

As a Commis Chef you’ll enjoy working as part of a team where no day is the same. The candidate we’re looking for will be hungry to learn and able to work within strict food hygiene restrictions. Does this sounds like something you would enjoy ?

About you:

• To be considered for this role you will have current base knowledge and experience of kitchens within a quality driven hotel, restaurant, or hospitality environment.
• You will be enthusiastic and willing to take on new responsibilities.
• Adopt a flexible approach to assist in different areas of the kitchen as business and guest needs dictate.
• Having a high level of emotional intelligence, enabling you to be able to anticipate our guests needs ensuring they receive a Hand Picked experience.
• It is essential you can demonstrate how you would be able to deliver our guest experience standards at Hand Picked Hotels, which includes the ability to go above and beyond to ensure guests have a high-quality, personalised, and magical experience that they remember, recommend, and return to time and time again.

Company Benefits

Our Benefits include:

• A competitive salary package of £13.82 per hour, plus a share of service charge.
• This is a Full-Time role working 4 days out of 7 including weekends on a rota basis, 44 hours per week, which may vary depending on business needs.
• Company pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Employee Assistance Program to support you with whatever life throws at you.
• Company Sickness Scheme Benefit.
• 28 days holiday per year including bank holidays, increasing to 33 days including bank holidays with length of service.
• Forward career progression, with access to our In House and external training programs, including apprenticeships up to level 7, which are all supported by our learning and development team.
• £30 staff stays with Hand Picked Hotels per room Bed & Breakfast & 25% discount on all food & drink. Yes, it’s as good as it sounds! Annual loyalty awards (like afternoon teas and overnight stays)
• Online retail discount platform offering thousands of savings with high street retailers and restaurants as well as a health and well-being platform.
• Opportunity to make lifelong friendships and be part of team that celebrates Diversity and Inclusion.

Hand Picked Hotels is an Equal Opportunities employer. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.